Schwegler needs funds for equipment, salaries
Bu PAUL HANEY
A shortage of operating funds for Watkins Hospital was discussions yesterday by Dr. Raymond Schwegler, health service director.
Schwegler said money is needed to replace worn out equipment and to raise employee's salaries in correspondence to area hospitals.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT came two days after a report that construction of a new wing for the hospital might not be possible because of a shortage of funds.
Schwegler said nurses at Watkins receive a starting salary of $358 compared to $400 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He said the figure at the city hospital would be $500 before January.
He said he lost "two of my best nurses and one good technician" because the hospital could not compete with the salaries offered by other hospitals.
He said there is no shortage of nurses at the hospital.
AN X-RAY machine tube rated for 75,000 exposures has been used for possibly 150,000 exposures, he said.
"It might blow at anytime, and I don't think we have the funds to replace it," he said. He said some parts of the machine can not be replaced.
He said a recent repair to the machine was made by building and grounds men who welded a cracked casting.
Schweegler said the hospital is financed by student fees, room charges and a fund from the late Elizabeth M. Watkins.
A FULL - TIME KU student pays $17 per semester for hospital services. Students requiring a bed in the hospital are charged $10 per day. The Watkins fund provides $15,000 to $16,000 annually.
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Raymond Nichols, vice chancellor for finance, said the only sources for more hospital funds are to raise student fees or to charge more for bed care in the hospital.
Schwegler said the charge for a bed at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City is $35 to $40 per day.
"WE'RE RELUCTANT to increase student fees," Nichols said.
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He said if more money is needed, the University has "no alternative but to ask the Board of Regents to make adjustments."
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